https://bizopsplaybook.com/tags/1099/Recent content in 1099 on bizOpsPlaybook — Practical Business Plans for Solo EntrepreneursHugoen-usWed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/cleaning-1099-vs-w2-crew/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/cleaning-1099-vs-w2-crew/<p><img src="https://bizopsplaybook.com/img/blog/cleaning-1099-vs-w2.jpg" alt="Yellow and green cleaning sponges shown in close-up against a clean white background"></p> <p>Every cleaning business owner reaches the same fork in the road around client 10–15: hire help. And every one of them gets the same well-meaning advice from a friend, a Facebook group, or a random YouTube video: &ldquo;Just 1099 them — it&rsquo;s cheaper and easier.&rdquo; That advice is technically legal in some cases, questionable in most, and financially catastrophic in the wrong case. The IRS + Department of Labor have spent the last decade tightening the definition of who legally qualifies as a 1099 independent contractor, and cleaning services is one of the categories they audit most aggressively.</p>